The interior of the car park, above the retail
units, faces into the space, and rather than
leave a mediocre enclosed facade, the
architects continued the language of the
multi-coloured battens from the exterior.
Again having the double-whammy of also
providing passive ventilation to the car
park, this enlivening wall is highly effective,
“bringing in a little bit of joy,” and thus
fitting intu’s brief.
The architects wanted to make the
connections between the existing and new
additions to the centre “bright and airy,”
and to this end they arrived at a solution to
brighten up the soffits at ground floor level,
which were lower than at first floor.
Says the project architect: “We used
techniques to light the soffits to the ground
floor, so they gain as much height as
possible. They used Barrisol stretch fabric in
“quite a dynamic design,” diffusing the light
from ceiling LEDs, in a format which did
not require a great deal of depth, so does
not impinge on the space.
The design language of these soffits is
echoed elsewhere, such as in the aluminium
edging to the concrete slab in the events
space, the vertical white stretch fabric in
voids within the refurbished existing centre,
and the soffit to the bridge link between thePUBLIC SPACE
The triangular events space connects the new with the
existing refurbished buildings, including the car park
which is faced in brightly coloured terracotta battensPROJECT REPORT: RETAIL DEVELOPMENTS 41ADF NOVEMBER 2019 WWW.ARCHITECTSDATAFILE.CO.UK
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